We’ve gone a bit podcast crazy at Innovation Forum recently.
Check out our podcast and webinar channel for the below and a lot more, on palm oil, pulp & paper, Krill and much more recently. All free, and no log in needed. You can also sign up on iTunes here.
Lots of useful, practical podcasts below:
Cynthia Carroll discusses cultural change in the extractives industry
Toby Webb chats to Cynthia Carroll, chairman at Vedanta Resources Holdings, about the changing landscape of the extractives industry, including health and safety developments and gender diversity. – Listen here
Coca-Cola discusses modern slavery reporting
Ian Welsh talks to Brent Wilton, director global for workplace rights at Coca-Cola, about the supply chain, due diligence, certification and reporting on modern slavery. – Listen here
John Morrison from the Institute for Human Rights and Business on the UK modern slavery act
Toby Webb chats to John Morrison, executive director at the Institute for Human Rights and Business, about the role of business in tackling the systemic issue of modern slavery. – Listen here
Environmental Justice Foundation’s Steve Trent discusses modern slavery in the seafood industry
Toby Webb talks to Steve Trent, director at the Environmental Justice Foundation, about the prevalence of modern slavery in the seafood industry, and what companies are doing about it. – Listen here
Modern slavery & the fashion revolution – Earthworm’s Scott Poynton and Toby Webb discuss sustainability
In the second fortnightly podcast discussion between Earthworm Podcast host Scott Poynton and Innovation Forum founder Toby Webb the focus of discussion was on the interface between business and human rights – and the issue of modern day slavery. – Listen here
Lindex, KappAhl and the Stockholm International Water Institute discuss competitive collaboration
Ian Welsh talks to Anna-Karin Dahlberg from Lindex, Eva Kindgren de Boer from KappAhl and Maya Rebermark from the Stockholm International Water Institute. They discuss sustainable water use and competitive collaboration around their project, Sweden Textile Water Initiative. – Listen here
Solidaridad’s Isabelle Roger discusses sustainable cotton
Ian Welsh from Innovation Forum chats to Isabelle Roger, senior manager at Solidaridad, about their new report on sustainable cotton, which brands are leading in the sector, and the importance of supply chain mapping. – Listen here
Third party risk in the extractives sector with Thomson Reuters
Ian Welsh is joined by James Swenson and Michael Harris of Thomson Reuters. The three discuss unique extractives sector risks, fluctuating prices and how this changes risk, and the challenges the sector faces from bribery and corruption. – Listen here
Business risks and challenges for big data and sustainability
In partnership with CDRC, the panel is made up by the University of Leeds, ASDA, Callcredit and Samsung. – Listen here
Partnering for results: How can public-private partnerships support deforestation-free supply chains?
This webinar continues the discussion from the ‘How business can tackle deforestation’ forum, held in DC in April. – Listen here
Is krill the new palm oil? We asked Glenn Hurowitz
Glenn Hurowitz, leader of the Lifeline Antarctica campaign, talks to Toby Webb about krill, government policy and certification. – Listen here
TFT’s Bastien Sachet on smallholder engagement
Ian Welsh discusses smallholder engagement with Bastien Sachet from TFT. They chat about risk & reputation, scale, collaboration and Rurality. – Listen here
Michael Alexander from Diageo shares experience building supplier support networks for smallholders
Ian Welsh talks with Michael Alexander, Diageo, about engaging smallholder farmers with supplier support networks, stakeholder reputation and building community capacity. – Listen here
Our forthcoming events
- Sustainable seafood forum – 24th-25th May – Washington DC
- How business can engage smallholder farmers in southeast Asia – 23rd – 24th June 2016 – Jakarta, Indonesia
- How business can tackle deforestation: Asia under the Lens – 27-28 September – Singapore
- Sustainable sugarcane – 1st-2nd December – London
I'm Tobias Webb, founder of Innovation Forum and Sustainable Wine. I write on this blog, with others, about areas of interest to me in supply chains, circular economy and sustainability in general. I hope you find it useful. I've worked in sustainability for about 20 years, and work with large companies, NGOs and governments all over the world. I often act as facilitator, at our conferences, and other meetings, either private or multi-stakeholder. I also work as a 'critical friend' advisor to companies on strategy and stakeholder engagement. I have a separate wine website on sustainability in wine at 
